Nick Chubb, Myles Garrett to play vs. Saints; Jadeveon Clowney out

BEREA − The Browns got three of their four injured starters back on the practice field on Thursday, a good sign all three will be able to play in Saturday’s home game against the New Orleans Saints.

Running back Nick Chubb (foot) and defensive end Myles Garrett (illness), both recently-named Pro Bowlers, as well as safety John Johnson III (thigh) all practiced for the first time this week. Johnson was officially listed as questionable by the team on Thursday, but Chubb and Garrett were given no game status, meaning they will play.

However, defensive end Jadeveon Clowney remained in concussion protocol after sustaining it late in the first half of last Saturday’s win over the Baltimore Ravens. He was officially ruled out by the Browns.

Chubb sustained the foot injury late in last Saturday’s win. Despite the injury, he rushed for 99 yards on 21 carries against the Ravens’ second-ranked rush defense.

Johnson initially suffered the thigh injury early in the Baltimore game, but remained in the game. However, he re-aggravated it in the third quarter when he both forced and recovered a fumble off of Ravens receiver Demarcus Robinson and did not play the remainder of the game.

Garrett had been sidelined with an illness for the first part of the week. He’s one of several players over the last few weeks who have missed practices because they were sick.